#Repost @freethework with @make_repost ・・・ As highlighting systemic barriers to opportunity is core to FREE THE WORK's mission, research is central to our work. Here, FREE THE WORK has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the directorial rosters of production companies across the US and UK to highlight the lack of Black directors within the advertising industry. * Our goal was to shed light on a problem that's upheld throughout multiple levels of the industry -- these numbers at the production company level speak to issues within the brand and agency spheres, as well. If so few production companies are willing to invest in Black talent, this surely reflects a major problem in the supply chain, with reverberations throughout the entire advertising production ecosystem. By publishing our findings, we hope that this becomes a time of reckoning and fresh commitment from production companies on an internal level. * In addition to the stats above, swipe up to our story to read our piece in AdAge further addressing this issue. * * #freethework #underrepresentedcreators https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgXp-qpzN2/?igshid=9u5f84xt7kzn